印度首次成功发射使用国产低温上面级的运载火箭

2014年1月5日，印度空间研究组织（ISRO）的地球同步轨道卫星运载火箭-MK2 D5（GSLV-MK2 D5）搭载地球静止卫星-14（GSAT-14）从萨蒂什-达万航天中心发射升空，17min后火箭成功将卫星送入预定轨道（近地点180km，远地点35975km，倾角19.3°），验证了印度自主研制的低温上面级技术。此次发射的GSLV-D5火箭，是GSLV-MK2火箭继2010年4月首次发射失败之后的第二次发射。该型火箭在首飞中由于自主研制的低温上面级发生故障，导致火箭爆炸坠入印度洋的孟加拉湾海域，星箭俱毁。<br> GSAT-14卫星是印度研制的第23颗地球同步轨道通信卫星，质量1982kg，净质量851kg。此前印度已经利用GSLV火箭发射了4颗GSAT卫星，GSAT-14投入运行后，印度将拥有9颗地球同步轨道卫星。GSAT-14的主要目的是增加现有通信能力，并为新试验提供平台。

2018年国外航天运载系统发展综述

2018年全球共进行了114次航天发射,自20世纪90年代以来首次突破100次。其中,失败2次,部分成功1次,成功率为97.4%。在114次航天发射中,中国39次,美国34次,俄罗斯20次,其次是欧洲(8次)、印度(7次)和日本(6次),中国首次跃居世界第一。

DISTRIBUTIONS OF TRIPLET CODONS IN MESSENGER RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES

Analysis of the secondary structures of mRNAs which encode mature peptides shows that the location of each codon in mRNA secondary structure has a trend, which appears to be in agreement with the conformational property of the corresponding amino acid to some extent. Most of the codons that encode hydrophobic amino acids are located in stable stem regions of mRNA secondary structures, and vice versa, most of the codons that encode hydrophilic amino acids are located in flexible loop regions. This result supports the recent conclusion that there may be the information transfer between the three dimensional structures of mRNA and the encoded protein.

长三甲系列火箭实现百次发射

2019年4月20日,长征三号乙运载火箭在西昌卫星发射中心将北斗导航卫星成功送入预定轨道。至此,长征三号甲系列火箭成为中国首个发射次数达到100次的单一系列运载火箭。自1977年12月长征三号运载火箭启动总体方案论证算起,伴随着改革开放的40年,长三甲系列火箭不断跨越发展、不断创新融合、不断开放共享,闯出了一片广阔空间。

Fragmentation Patterns of Diquaternary Dipiperaziniums Containing Dithiocarboxy lGroups by Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Aim To analyze the fragmentation patterns of diquaternary dipiperaziniumscontaining dithiocarboxyl groups. Methods Positive ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry inconjunction with tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS^n) was used. Results The fragment ion [M^(2+) Cl^-]^+ showed characteristic double peaks with high intensity instead of the parent molecular ionbeing detected. And [M^(2+) - CH_3^+ ]^+ ion had relatively low intensity. Meanwhile, [M^(2+) Cl^- -Cl^- - PhCH_2^+ ]^+ species had the highest intensity as the base peak, which was originated from[M^(2+) Cl^- ]^+, The detailed fragmentation mechanisms are supported with the tandem massspectrometry.

Metformin induces apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells

AIM:To assess the role and mechanism of metformin in inducing apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells.METHODS:The human pancreatic cancer cell lines ASPC-1,BxPc-3,PANC-1 and SW1990 were exposed to metformin.The inhibition of cell proliferation and colony formation via apoptosis induction and S phase arrest in pancreatic cancer cell lines of metformin was tested.RESULTS:In each pancreatic cancer cell line tested,metformin inhibited cell proliferation in a dose dependent manner in MTS(3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium assays).Flow cytometric analysis showed that metformin reduced the number of cells in G1 and increased the percentage of cells in S phase as well as the apoptotic fraction.Enzymelinked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) showed that metformin induced apoptosis in all pancreatic cancer cell lines.In Western blot studies,metformin induced poly-ADP-ribose polymerase(PARP) cleavage(an indicator of caspase activation) in all pancreatic cancer cell lines.The general caspase inhibitor(VAD-fmk) completely abolished metformin-induced PARP cleavage and apoptosis in ASPC-1 BxPc-3 and PANC-1,the caspase-8 specific inhibitor(IETD-fmk) and the caspase-9 specific inhibitor(LEHD-fmk) only partially abrogated metformin-induced apoptosis and PARP cleavage in BxPc-3 and PANC-1 cells.We also observed that metformin treatment dramatically reduced epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR) and phosphorylated mitogen activated protein kinase(P-MAPK) in both a time-and dose-dependent manner in all cell lines tested.CONCLUSION:Metformin significantly inhibits cell proliferation and apoptosis in all pancreatic cell lines.And the metformin-induced apoptosis is associated with PARP cleavage,activation of caspase-3,-8,and-9 in a time-and dose-dependent manner.Hence,both caspase-8 and-9-initiated apoptotic signaling pathways contribute to metformin-induced apoptosis in pancreatic cell lines.

Quantum Information Processing in An Array of Fiber Coupled Cavities

We consider a fiber coupled cavity array. Each cavity is doped with a single two-level atom. By treating the atom-cavity systems as combined polaritonie qubits, we can transform it into a polaritonic qubit-qubit array in the dispersive regime. We show that the four fiber coupled cavity open chain and ring can both generate the four qubit W state and cluster state, and can both transfer one and two qubit arbitrary states. We also discuss the dynamical behaviors of the four fiber coupled cavity array with unequal couplings.

Photoelectron Spectroscopic Study of Methanol Adsorbed Rutile TiO2（110） Surface

Methanol/TiO2（110） is a model system in the surface science study of photocatalysis where methanol is taken as a hole capture. However, the highest occupied molecular orbital of adsorbed methanol lies below the valence band maximum of TiO2, preventing the hole transfer. To study the level alignment of this system, electronic structure of methanol covered TiO2（110） surface has been measured by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy and the molecular orbitals of adsorbed methanol have been clearly identified. The results indicate the weak interaction between methanol and TiO2 substrate. The static electronic structure also suggests the mismatch of the energy levels. These static experiments have been performed without band gap excitation which is the prerequisite of a photocatalytie process. Future study of the transient electronic structure using time-resolved UPS has also been discussed.

Entropy of Field Interacting With Two Atoms in Bell State

In this paper, we investigate entropy properties of the single-mode coherent optical field interacting with the two two-level atoms initially in one of the four Bell states. It is found that the different initial states of the two atoms lead to different evolutions of field entropy and the intensity of the field plays an important role for the evolution properties of field entropy.

Evolution of Two Non-identical Two-Level Atoms in Two-Mode Cavity Fields

In this paper, we investigate the evolution of two non-identical two-level atoms in two-mode cavity fields. We demonstrate the death and rebirth effect of entanglement for two non-identical two-level atoms under some initial conditions. It is also exemplified that entangled states of two nonidentical two-level atoms can be generated by entangled two-mode cavity fields. This research can be considered as a first step to further investigate the problem of manipulating two nonidentical two-level atoms in two-mode cavity fields.

Generation of Maximally Entangled States for Many Two-Level Atoms in a Thermal Cavity

We propose a scheme for generating maximally entangled states for two or more two-level atoms in a thermal cavity. The cavity frequency is large-detuned from the atomic transition frequency, so the Hamiltonian can be expressed as an effective form. The photon-number-dependent parts in the effective Hamiltonian are cancelled with the assistance of a strong classical field, thus the scheme is insensitive to both the cavity decay and the thermal field. The scheme can be used to generate multi-atom Bell-state and Greenberger-Horne-Zeiliner （GHZ） state.

Preparation of multicomponent Schrodinger cat states through resonant atom-field interaction

A simple method is presented for generating multicomponent Schrodinger cat states through resonant atom-field interactions. In the scheme n two-level atoms, initially in ground states, are sent through a resonant cavity filled with a strong coherent field sequentially. Then state-selective measurements are performed on the atoms. The detections of the atoms in ground states collapse the cavity field onto a superposition of 2(n) coherent states. This is the first way for producing superpositions of many coherent states through resonant atom-field interaction.

Preparation of Genuinely Entangled Six-Atom State via Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

A cavity quantum electrodynamics scheme for preparing a genuinely entangled state [A. Borras, et al., J. Phys. A 40 （2007） 13407] on six two-level atoms is proposed. In the scheme, the atom-cavity detuning is much bigger than the atom-cavity coupling strength and the necessary preparation time is much shorter than the Rydberg-atom lifespan. Hence the scheme has two distinct features, i.e., insensitive to the cavity decay and the atom radiation.

Q-Deformed Bosons at Quasi-classical Limit of SO(3)

When a boson interacts with another to form a composite system with SO（3） dynamic symmetry, it is shown that there exists the q-deformed 5osonic excitation satisfying the q-deformed Heisenberg commutation relation in the quasi-classical limit that the angular momentum j for SO（3） is large, but not infinite. In second quantization this quasi-excitation is associated with the boson realization of SO（3） Lie algebra. Physically, the phenomena of q-deformed excitation can happen in many models of quantum dynamics, such as super emission from a system of many identical two-level atoms, the spin wave in Heisenberg chain, the high spin precession and the coherent output of Bose-Einstein atoms in a trap. Especially, in these models, the deformation parameter q is well defined intrinsically by a conservative quantity, such as the total atomic number and the angular momentum.

Influence of EfOM on the Oxidation of Micropollutants by Ozone and UVIH2O2 in Secondary Effluents

The aim of this work was to study the influence of effluent organic matter （EfOM） on micropollutants removal by ozone and UV/H2O2. To perform the experiments, deionized water and municipal secondary effluents （SE） were artificially contaminated with atrazine （ATZ） and treated by the two proposed methods. ATZ concentration, COD and TOC were recorded along the reaction time and used to evaluate EfOM effect on the system efficiency. Results demonstrate that the presence of EfOM can significantly reduce the micropollutant removal rate due to competition of EfOM components to react with radicals and/or molecular ozone. The hydroxyl radical scavenging caused by EfOM was quantified as well as the contribution of molecular ozone and .OH radicals during the ozonation of SE. EfOM components promoted higher inhibition of ATZ oxidation by hydroxyl radicals than by molecular ozone.

Correlation Between Energy Transfer Rate and Atomization Energy of Some Trinitro Aromatic Explosive Molecules

An assumptive theoretical relationship is suggested to describe the property of molecular atomization energy and energy transfer rate in the initiation of explosions. To investigate the relationship between atomization energy and energy transfer rate, the number of doorway modes of explosives is estimated by the theory of Dlott and Fayer in which the rate is proportional to the number of normal mode vibrations. It was evaluated frequencies of normal mode vibrations of eight molecules by means of density functional theory （DFT） at the b3p86/6-31G（d,p） level. It is found that the number of doorway modes shows a linear correlation to the atomization energies of the molecules, which were also calculated by means of the same method. A mechanism of this correlation is discussed. It is also noted that in those explosives with similar molecular structure and molecular weight, the correlation between the atomization energy and the number of doorway modes is higher.

Dynamic Behavior of Entanglement Between Two Spatially Separated Atoms in Two Dissipative and Driven Cavity Fields

We consider two two-level atoms, interacting with two independent dissipative cavities, each of which is driven by an external source. The two cavity fields are both initially prepared in the coherent states, and the two two-level atoms are initially prepared in the singlet state ｜ψ^-〉 =（｜eg〉 - ｜ge〉 ） / √2. We investigate the influence of the damping constant n, the intensity of the external sources F, and the relative difference of the atomic couplings r on the entanglement between the two atoms. In the dispersive approximation, we find that the entanglement between the two atoms decreases with the time evolution, and the decreasing rate of entanglement depends on the values of F/k, k/ω, and r. For the given small values of F/k and k/ω, on the one hand, the increasing of r favors entanglement decreasing of the atomic system, on the other hand, when r → 1 the entanglement decreasing becomes slower. With the increasing of the value of k/ω, the influence of r on the decreasing rate of entanglement becomes smaller, and gradually disappears for the big value of k/ω.

Entanglement for a Bimodal Cavity Field Interacting with a Two-Level Atom

Negativity has been adopted to investigate the entanglement in a system composed of a two-level atom anda two-mode cavity field.Effects of Kerr-like medium and the number of photon inside the cavity on the entanglementare studied.Our results show that atomic initial state must be superposed,so that the two cavity field modes can beentangled.Moreover,we also conclude that the number of photon in the two cavity mode should be equal.The interactionbetween modes,namely,the Kerr effect,has a significant negative contribution.Note that the atom frequency and thecavity frequency have an indistinguishable effect,so a corresponding approximation has been made in this article.Theseresults may be useful for quantum information in optics systems.

Promoting Xylene Production in Benzene Methylation using Hierarchically Porous ZSM-5 Derived from a Modified Dry-gel Route

Methylation of benzene is an alternative low-cost route to produce xylenes, but selectivity to xylene remains low over conventional zeolitic catalysts. In this work, a combined dry-gel-conversion and steam-assisted- crystallization method is used to synthesize hierarchically porous zeolite ZSM-5 with varied Si/AI malar ratios. X-ray diffraction （XRD）, N2 physisorption, NH3-temperature programmed desorption （TPD）, scanning electronic microscopic （SEM） measurement and Fourier transform infrared （FT-IR） are employed to characterize the struc- ture and acidity of both hierarchically porous zeolites and their conventional counterparts. The method is found to be applicable to ZSM-5 with molar ratios of Si/A1 from 20 to 180. The ZSM-5 zeolites are used as catalysts for benzene methylation at 460 ℃ to investigate the effect of additional porosity and Si/A1 ratios. At low Si/AI ratios, the benzene conversions over conventional and hierarchical ZSM-5 are close, and selectivity to toluene is high over hierarchical ZSM-5. It is found that hierarchical porosity markedly enhances the utility of zeolite and the se- lectivity towards xylenes via improved mass transport at higher Si/Al ratios. Under an optimized hierarchical ZSM-5 catalvst, xvlene selectivity reaches 34.9% at a Si/AI ratio of 180.

The entanglement evolution of two coupling two-level atoms interacting with a single-mode vacuum field in multiphoton Tavis-Cummings model

Using multipohton Tavis-Cummings model,the entanglement evolution of two coupling two-level atoms in Bell states interacting with a single-mode vacuum field is investigated by using negativity.The influences of coupling constants between atoms,the atomic initial states and the photon number of transition on the entanglement evolution of two coupling two-level atoms are discussed.The results obtained using the numerical method show that the entanglement of two atoms is related with coupling constants between atoms,the atomic initial states and the photon number of transition.The two-atom entanglement state will forever stay in the maximum entanglement state when the initial state is β11〉.When the initial state of two atoms is β01〉,the entanglement of two atoms displays periodic oscillation behavior.And its oscillation period decreases with increasing of coupling constant between atoms or the photon number of transition.On the other hand,when the initial state is β00〉 or β10〉,the entanglement of two atoms displays quasiperiodic oscillation behavior and its oscillation period decreases with increasing of coupling constant between atoms or the photon number of transition.